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JACK LONG 



IN TWO ACTS. 



By J. B. JOHNSTONE, Esq. 

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ETHIOPIAX AW COlflC DRAMA. 



NotbiDg so thorough and complete in the w»y of Ethioplui »nd Comic Dnunis hia ever | 
bten pruited as those that appear in the toUowiug list. Kot only are the plots eiceUeut. the 
; characters droU. the iuoideuts Juuny, the language Uuuioroua, but all the bitu»tious.J)y.pIay. 
pobitions, ijantomimic business, scenery, and tricks are ao plainly set down and clearh 
explained that the merest novice could put any of them on the stage. Included In this } 
t Catalogue are all tha most laughable and effoctivc pieces of their class ever produced. 
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JACK LONG; 



■HE SHOT IN THE EYE 



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J^ The ilgure following the name of the Play denotes the number of Acts. The 
fignrcs in the columns indicate the number of chanctcrs— M. male ; F. female. . | 



IN TWO ACTS. 



1«. .Absent Minded, Ethiopian lluroe, 1 

! act 3 

73. / fricau Box, burlesque, 3 scenes. . . 6 
107. .\.fricauu8 Bluebeard, musical Ethi- 
opian burlesque, 1 scene 6 

113. .\mbition, farce. 2 scenes 7 



43. Baby KU'iihaut, sketch, 2 scenes.. . . 7 
42. Bad' Whiskey, Irish sketch, 1 scene, a 
VJ. Baniev's Courtship, musical iuter- 

luJe.lact 1 

10. Big Mistake, sketch, 1 scene 4 

«. Black Chap from Whitcchapel, Ne- 
gro piece 4 

10. Black Chemist, sketch. 1 scen.i .... 3 

11. Blsek-EVd William. sk.lch.a scenes 4 
M6. Black Forrest (The),Ethiopiau faree, 

1 act.. 2 

UO. Black Magician (De),Ethiopian com- 
icality * 

126 Black Statue (TheV Segro farce 4 

127. Blinks aud .In:ks, Ethlopiau sketch, 3 

128. Boboliuo, th,> Black B-iudit. Ethio- 

pian musical farce, 1 act 3 

120. Body Suatchei-s (The),Negro sketch, 

2 scenes 3 

78. Bogus ludiau. sketch. 4 scenes 6 

89. Bogus Talking Machine (The), farce. 

■' I scene 4 

I 24. Bruised and Cured, sketch, 1 scene. 2 
' 108. Charge of the Uash Brigade, comic 

1 Irish mu!,ical sketch 2 

I 148. Christmas Eve in the South. Ethio- 

i piaii farce, 1 act 6 

' 35. Coal Heaver's Kevenge, Negro sketch. 

1 scene 6 

112. Coining Man (The), Ethioi>iau sketch. 

2 scenes 3 

41. Cremation, sketch. 2 scenes S 

144. Crowded Hotel (Tl"?). sketch, 1 sc. 4 

140, Cupid's Frolics, sketch. 1 scene 6 

12 Pagnerreotn>es, sketch, 1 scene 3 

53, IlMion and Pythias, burlesque. 2 SC. 5 
63. ParkeVs Strataaem, sketch. 1 scene 3 
{ 131. Darkey Sleep Walker (The), Ethio- 
oian sketch, 1 scene 3 



124. Deaf as a Post. Ethiopian sketch.. . 2 
111. Deeds of Darkness, Ethiopian ex- 
travaganza, 1 act 6 

139. Desperate Situatiou (A), farce, 1 «c. 5 

50. Drait ("rhei. sketch, 2 scenes 6 

C4. Dutchman's Ghost. 1 scene 4 

96. Dutch Justice, laughable sketch. 
1 scene 11 

67. Editor's Troubles, farce. I scene. . . 6 

4. Eh ? What is it ? sketch 4 

136. Election Pay. Ethiopian farce, 2 sc. 6 

98. Elopement (The), farce. 2 scenes, ,, 4 

52. Excise Trials, sketch. 1 scene 10 

23. Fellow that Looks like Me. inter- 
lude. 1 scene . 2 

88. First Sight (The'i. Dutch farce. 1 act 4 
61. Fisherman's Luck, sketch, 1 scene. 2 
152. Fun in a Cooper's Shop. Ethiopian 

sketch 6 

106. Ganibriuus. Kiiij; ol Lager Beer, 

Ethiopian burlesque: 2 scenes .8 
83. Genuaii Eiuigraut (The),sketch.lRC. 2 
77. Gcltiug Square on the Call Boy, 

sketch, 1 scene 3 

17. Ghost (Thei. Sketch, I act 2 

68. Ghost in a l"awu Shop, sketch. 1 sc. 4 

31. Glycerine Oil, sketch, 2 scenes 3 

20. Going for the Cup. interlude 4 

82. Gwd Night's Best, sketch, 1 scene. 3 

130. Go and get Tight, Ethiopian sketch, 

1 scene 6 

86. Gripsack, sketch, 1 scene 3 

70. Guide t.i the Stage, sketch 3 

61. Happv Couple, 1 scene 2 

U'2, Happy rncle Bufus. Ethiopian mu- 
sical sketch, 1 scene 1 

23. Hard Times, extravaganza. 1 sieiie. 5 
118. Helen's Funny Babies, burlesque, 
1 act <5 

5. Hemmed In. sketch 3 

48. High .Jack, the Heeler, sketch, 1 sc 6 
BS. HIppotheatrna. sketch 9 

1.50. Ho»- t.i Pay the Rent, far,-e, 1 scene 6 

71, In and Out. sketch, 1 scene 2 

123 Intelligence Offlce (Thel, Ethiopian 

sketch, 1 scene 2 



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TRAKCKS ASD EXITS— HELATIVE POSITIONS OP THB PEB- 

FOBMBBS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE 

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! lACK Lone. 

.■.:clV^-^-^-\ CHARACTSRa 

4 ^/ 4a.vi»,-*w Ben 8m»U. Tt'**' 'yr**^' '^"'''•• 

Pl&nten, Slarei, Tnden, ete. 
^ f F«ma.e Settlers, SUve-girU, etc. 



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-^ \^^ JACK LOXO. -- / ' / 8 

aCt n.— &fnf 1 : A Cypress Swamp iu 1st grooves ; stage is dark throughout. 
\\%ii Sctnei: Interior of Log Cabin. i>. E. in v., U.rge window l. iu F., backed by 
wood. In 3d grooves. 
Sctnt 3 : Wood in 1st grooves ; stage is dark. 
Scent 4 : Hut and Forest in 3d grooves. 

3 

; Landscape. ; 



Window. 
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aCENERT— [Texan.) 
ACT I.— Smm 1 : Frontier SetUement, in »th fiooT«fc 

Lkndwapeon flat. 



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: CloMd ia. 



CloMdln. : 

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B. 1 s. to c, hut; roof 10 or 12 feet above stage level, is half off and ruinous, made 
of canvas and pasteboai-d stained fur bark of birch, ete. Landscape on flat, a canon 
or rarine runs up from stage to middle distance ; forest in distance ; mountains seen 
above, beyond foi-est. L. 2 e. an old fallen tree forms :\ practicable bridge from entrance 
to a set rock at n. c. ; the wire-rope supporters, serving also as i-ails to the i>ei-sou 
walking on it, are disguised as creepin^plants ; iu front, L. c, a very heavy bough 
forms an inclined plane towards the stage ; White is to fall, slide a little down, an 1 
die on this. The left half of stage is bmlt up and arranged to look like thecontinua- 
tion of the ravine ou flat ; dark blue colli dowu foi depth effect. Moon (limelight), 
n. 1 E., to send a ray from raking-pieees over hut to L. u. E., upon the tree. n. u. e., 
flight of steps, masked by set rocks, the top of it higher than the hut-roof; practica- 
ble to one man. 

Scene i : Wood in 1st grooves. Bush to run on, a little, L. side. 

Scene 6 : Landscape in ith grooves. 



Cat, to work Steamer. 



Landscape. 



View OB flat, Texan country, cottonwood trees, cacms, etc., with prairie iu dis- 
tance. Sunrise effect. Wings, L. ist, 2d, 3d and 4th grooves, trees : wmgs, ». 1st. 
Jd and 4th grooves, trees ; sinks, 1 and 2 e., trees arching over stage ; upper entrances, 
with the borders, sky; n. 2 e. closed in, set house— log cabin-with window and 
practicable door; over door a shingle lettered in black: "Ben Small, Trader and 
General Dealer." L. 2 E.. closed in, set house-log cabin, with Urge double door ; a 
large sign: "Bes Small, ArU4t in Iron. Smith, Farrier, <«c., dc JV. B. RifiU 
repared ! " A, stump of a tree for target, set. 

Scene 2 : Boom in Log Cabin, in 1st grooves; blankeU painted as if hung up; 
Mexican striped blanket instead of door for r>. in r., to draw aside. 

Scene 3 : Same as Scene 1, Act I. Thick pUnks (slabs! set with their ends on chop- 
ping-blocks or stones, L. 1 K. and B. for seate ; Urget-board, to be fixed to stump up 
c, with trick holes to be discovered as if bullets had made them ; a door laid on two 
flour barrtta a, with keg and AMnijohna and glaaaea, and an American Sag or two 
■tack on it. 



• • Trew. 



Wingg L. side, all trees, e. 1st and 2d grooves, wings, trees ; bonlera and sinks, 
trees, to these and across ; sky borders and sinks to other entrances. Vpper E. and 
transverse part of n. 3 e., open for canvan water, for river. A small Southern or 
Western river steamboat, to work k. to l. in c. e. Rock l., is large enough to enable 
it being taken off undiscovered. See to black cotton or silk fuz for smoke out of 
pipe. Sunrise effect. Landscape on flat ; on l:., half the river widens and blends 
with haic about a forest ; L. side the bank with cottonwood trees is seen. 



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JACK LONG. 



COSTUME.— (Frontier.) 

Jack IMV.—Aet I. : Hunter's dres. of buckskin, fringed with »ed md dark bliw. 

with beadwork ; belt with Indian pipe, quilled and hair-fringed, tomahawk, 

eight-inch bowie with buckhora handle ; powder-horn with thong to wear it by ; 

shot-pouch; moccasins; squirrel-cap with tails left on ; hair rather long ; beard 

and moustache. &€ne 3d. Uunui.g-sh.rt to come off; striped or hickory shirt. 

Act 11. : Same, but dress rather ragged and discolored ; hair and beaid very long 

and untrimmed ; rifle and knile as before. 
HiNCH.— Mexican jacket of black velvet, with metal buttons and lace, gray shirt, 

black trousers, knee-high cowhide boots ; rifle and knite. Acl 11. : Hair longer, 

face thin and pale ; hunter's dress, rifle and knife. 
Noah GiBBS.^Gray hair ; homespun suit, something of a Quaker cut. 
Kees, Stoneu, WHiiE.-Half-hunters, half-low whites. Leggins, straw 
Ben SMAi.i..-yankee, as usual. 
Hector.— Negro. Fancy cotton shirt, with broad coUar, loose trousers to mid^iaU; 

broad-brimmed straw hat, cowhide shoes. 
WiLLT Jones, -Peddler. Englishman. Light hair and beard ; long-skirted coat. 

belt around waist, pack with straps ; high boots. 



May Gibbs.— .4<;i /. .- Neat, plain white dress. Acl II. : Dark dress. 

Dinah.— Very gay cotton print dress, bandanna head-handkerchief, large ear-ringa, 

rings, necklace of gilt beads. 
Flantebs' Wiv», Slatb Gibu, as usual. 



PROPERTIES. 

ACT 1., Scent 1«« Eope horse-halter: rifles, knives, hatchets and equipment* for 
Regulators. Sctnt 3 : Beats for Spectators (see ScENEn\) ; glasses, horns, demi- 
ioli'ns,kegs; target (see Scenehy and Play for the tricks to it) ; rifles to shoot ; 
rope to tie Jack. Act II., Scene 1 : Peddler's pack and walking-stick ; weapons 
for Regulators as before. Scene 2 : Horse-pistol, sand-paper, chamois-leather 
wash cloth, table, two chairs, powder-horn ; thunder, lightning ; tree to fall into 
cabin. Scene 4 : Firesticks arranged in circle, red fire in the centre, Indian 
fashion ; gouid ; rifles to Are. . Scene S Powder for Jack, not to fire. Scene 6 1 
Steamboat. 



STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

n means Right of Stage, facing the Audience ; L. Left ; C. Centre ; B. C. Eight 
of Centre ■ L. C. Left of Centre. D. F. Door in the Flat, or Scene running across 
the back of the St^e ; C. D. F. Centre Door in the Flat ; R. D. F. Eight Door in 
the Flat ; L. C. F. Left Door in the Flat ; R. D. Right Door ; L. D. Left Door ; 1 E. 
First Entrance ; 2 E. Second Entrance ; V. E. Upper Entrance ; 1, 2 or 3 Q. Fust, 
Second or Third Groove. 

R. R.C. C. L.C. 

ta- The reader is supposed to be upon the stage facing the audience. 
[For Synopsis of Scenery and Incidents, etc , see page 26.] 



JACK LONG. 



ACT I. 

SCENE 1.— -Texan Frontier Settlement, in 6th groove: Muiie. Got up 
half-turn, gradually turned on to heighten the lunrite effect. 

HiNCH enten, R. v. E., and down c. cautioutly, hone halter in one hand. 

HiNCH. All right. I'd a sharp run for it, but I've distanced them. 
Tlicy lost my trail as 1 crossed the stream at Eagle P'int. I left the 
hoss in Jack Long's grass-patch. Come night, and all goes well. I can 
remove him if he's found before. They'll conceit Jack's the thief, so 
I'm safe, {front, looks up) So, day is breaking ■, its bright face is peep- 
ing over the hills, (winds the halter round An want, lauo-fashion, with the 
(top hanging down hit left thigh) I must be off. (jgaing Im) 

Enter Stohbr, r. d. b. 

Stohbr. Hindi ! (comes down.) 

HiNCB (stops). Hullo! who the devil's that I (eroMM to B.) 

Sto. (Itolds up right hand with fore-finger crossed behind the middlt- 
finger). A fiiend and Regulator. 

HiKCH. What! Sloner 1 (r. front.) 

Sto. (i.. front). The same ! (they approach one another) I say, you've 
been doin' a leeile on your own hook I that's hardly proper, I guess. 
Our agreement was, share and share alike. 

Enter, l. 1b., Rbib. 

Rebs. Yes, and after all, you 're ibe first to break it. 
HiNcu. 'Vhat do you mean 1 

Enter, i. 1 %., White, half drunk, crossing to Hikch.* 

White. Why, he means you've run off a lioss. We laid eyes on you 
Kt Eagle P'int, and trailed you hyar, alter you had turned it into Jack 
Long's vailed-in patch. Now, that hoss belongs by our bond to all., and 
it isn't prairie law for dog to rob dog. 

HmcH. Well, I can't starve. 

White. No, nor you shan't (hie) starve us ! 



Xi.CS LOVO. 



HiBCB {playt with hit knife, but finally tmila). Well, I own I WM 

widiig i but I couldn't scare up any o' you. 

Rres {tcinking). That's strange," we are easy found ! 

White. 01), you see, he wasn't pertickler in his scouting. Some folks 
go about seeking what they heartily wish they may oerer find. That 
couldn't have beeu Hioch's case, {eloiet one eye.) 

HiNCU (handlet hit ri/le threateningly). What ? 

White [liflt hit rifle). Now, don't do that I You'll get Terr little by 
■ending a bullet through my brains, spare your powder and mind your 
eye, for this inornin's shootin'-match when yon'l! git A new rifle— if Jack 
Long don't walk cvar your head. 

Hisca. Jack Long ! My curse upon Jack Long ! 

WaiTB. With all ray heart ! he's not one of our kidney. He deflee 
us all. He scorns to be regulated by the Regulators. 

HmcH. I'll. fix him yet ! (feOt the edge of hit kmfe meaningly.) 

Rebs Mind what you're about. He' s not a man to be trifled with. 

HincH. X)h, I've no cai-e for him. 

White. No ! but yon've some fear, and no mistake, about that death- 
dealing rifle of his— there's not a hunter in all Uie Ingin lands, nay, not 
in all Texas, can send a bullet plum' centre to the mark like him; let 
him but catch the eye of the animal, and it's as dead as a door-oail ; or 
I'm no living man ! \goet up a little and retumt. Gnt up.) 

Rers. 1 say, Hinch, he's crossed you in another affair, ain't he? The 
pretty May Oibbs 1 

HivcH. Not he 1 {thrugt hit thoulderi) I cared not for the gal. 

White. She's bright-eyed and well-set in gold. When her father 
die.s, he'll cut up rich as a buffilo ; old Noah Gibbs his bien a thriving 



they say, there's no doubt of that ! 

HiscH {frowning). Dont be loo sure of that! There's many a slip 
'twixt tlie cup aitd the lip. 

Enter Bsit SMALL, R. 2 B. D- 

Beh (Yankee twang). Good momin', gentlemen, you're airly ! Kin I 
dew anything for you in my way. {teavet hit hande R. and I.) Air yevr 
goin' to patronize me for powder for the shulin'-match t Haeow air 
yew off for lead, major ? 

White. How nir yew off for brass ? 

Ben. Wall, cunnle, that's an article I don't dew much in ; if I ihoidd 
calkerlate that way, will you glTe me your countenance ? (tee to gun, 
ready lo fire ». o. ».) 

lii.N-cH. Sliarp! 

White. That's more than his knives aro. 

Be.n. Oh ! don't say that! if there's any one thing I pride myself en 
more than another, it's the cnt of my cutlery. 

White. Well, we won't q'larrel about quality. 

Ben. I'm sure yew can't atiennt ilie price, for I haven't seen the color 
of a red cent from you for srme time i)ast. 

White. Well, what of that '. Ain't I one of your protectors 1 Ain't 
we ths very heart and soul of the seillement. Don't wo defend you 
from all enemies ? are we not a constituted baud of brave liunlers, 
pledged to protect both person and property 1 Don't we admiuister 
Lynch law to all who dare rob or steal our side the frontier. 

Bek. Oh! that's very true. ; You let nobody rob— but yourselves. 

White. What did Presideni Tyler say when the setUemeut applied to 
bim aud Congreks 1 'Jell uie that 1 



Beit. What did he say 7 Why, he said :. Fight It aeottt among your- 
fielvps and be hanged to yew I {gun that a. o. E. All ttart) I kin tell bj 
the iiii>! wfiose iron Ihet is. If that's not Jack Long, never pay me fci 
tiiy pi>wder. (mutie.) 

Enter, Jack Loho, «. o. e., loading rifle at he comtt down L. of Bex. 

Jack (lo c). Hullo! what's Congress met for? Is there nnythin? 
afoot that the Regulators are after so sdoii. What, President Hinch, is 
there a screw loose 1 has the red nigger quit the chapparal lo scare 
the pale-face — has— has the greasy re>d left his covert to bring blood and 
Are into the peaceful settlemen* 1 If 'tis so. Jack Long's heart, hand 
and rifle are ready in the cause ! 

Himch. The defenders of the settlement are sufficient to meet danger 
should danger come. 

Jack. Oh, are they ? Well, I am happy to hear it. You'll excuse 
me, but if anything of the sort happens, I mean to have " a finger on the 
hair ! " (flourith of knife.) 

HiHCB. You're no Regulator. 

Jack. Well, Regulator or no Regulator, I shall do it. 

HiNCB. Then, why not join us 1 

Jack, (leant on rifle). Because I don't like yon. 

White, (l. o/Jack). Well, that's plain. 

Jack. But honest ! 

Beh. The plainness he perfectly understands— the honesty doubtful. 

Jack. When law is 'vested in the hands of a few, it's apt to be partial 
and there's so little mercy in your administering it that I komelimes 
think that you strain a point. You form your own Judge and jury 1 (the 
othert recede and f "tin a line L., tchile Bek it h ,on Jack's r )|- and Heaven 
help the poor devil that falls into your hands. Punishment follows sen- 
tence too rapidly lo let cool judgment wail upon fair justice. Few es- 
cape ! 

Bek. Aye, they are sharp set for the pickings of ofllce. Lynch law is 
paid for, as well as any other sort o' law, and a lost case is a lost coin, 
so, when there's no money there's no marcy ! 

HiNCH. What ? do you think we'd take a bribe 1 (the othert murmur 
and look indignant.) 

Bbk. Oh, no ! bless yon, I don't think you would take anything— out 
of your reach I 

HiHCH. Pah ! there's nothing gained by talking to ynu. 

Beic. There would be, I guess, if you'd i)ay proper atiention ; but If 
yew air an idle scholar, I shall never make my money out o' yew, 

HiNCH. Bah! Stoner and Rees, you'll come with me, wtn't youl 
(eroitet h. Bees and Stoneb look at one another.) 

Rees. Aye, aye. (Ress and Stoker go i.)^ 

Sem. Here ! Uke jyhite along with you, or hell look Uaek at being 
H>a-lecled ! 



Bxv. Jack. HtMca. Wain. Bxoxia. 

B. «. o. L. c. 

Em. 

• Bbb. Jack. BTotnm. 

White. 
HiHca. 
L. c. 

Wmnw Bees. Bukw- 

Stohbb, 



JACK LONO. 

HiNcH. Wa shall meet you, friend Long, at the ghootiDC-nmlch to-day, 
I eiippose 1 
J.ACK. Safe! I never make a miM at a sliooting-match. 
Ben. U would be belter for sum fukes {lookt at HiacB) If yew didn't 
make so many hits. 

HiKCH. Take care you don't git a bit. Your tongue will git yon into 
trouble one of these day?. 

Ben. Never mind my tongue, take care of your own teeth ! 
HiNCH. Come along, my lads I that chattering pie is no game for the 
bold hunter ;' ihs soaring eagle bolds in contempt f'e flultering of the 
brainless sparrow ; the rays of the bright sun laugh at the light of the fee- 
ble lamp. 60 I look with scorn on the petty peddler and looking, leava 
bini. imuiie.) [£xeunt Hisca, Stoker, Reks, and Wbitb, l. 1 K. 

Be». (crossei to c). Here! liullo ! what dew yew mean by petty 
|>eddler ? all.)w me to say, mister, I'm an independent citizen, the pro- 
pritor of a store I (l.) 

Jack (r. c). Ben, does he owe you anything 1 

Ben. a trifle. 

Jack. He's paid you ! go in and give him a receipt. 

Bek. a rope, yoi\ mean f (imitatct hanging.) 

Jack. He'll get that some day or anotlier, if I don't mistake. I've 
my suspicions thpt Mr. Hiiich is downright buzzaid-meal, but, as it's 
not in my nature 10 condemn a man on suspicion, I shall leave time to 
determine whether he is rn honest man or a rogue; when, if my thoughts 
are deceitful, I shall ba the first to take him by the hand and acknow- 
ledge my error. 

Ben. I'll bet a lieop that your suspicions are confirmed sooner than 
you expect. Did you ever see sich a hang-gallows look as he has got ? 

Jack. Thai's no fault of his ; we ain't all of us boin beautiful. Many 
a pieiiy door has an ugly latch, a dark oul.side sometimes covers a laii 
lieai t. It's a hard law that hangs a man for his looks. But I must be ott'. 

Ben. 1 know, {icinks) Your road lies towards the Squire's. May 
Gibbs 

Jack. Well ! wliere's the harm '! "tisn't treason against the Lone Star 
Stale to love a pretty girl, is it T I think the best feather in a man's cap 
is the true afleclion of an honest-hearted maiden. Man's not a lonely 
niiimal. Wi.man w.is formed that he might love and Imnor her. She 
5s the I ilirt through Life's rough and stormy sea, his hope, his trust I 
The cargo i.f his happiness is on beard the bark, of which Woman is 
the anchor. 

Ben. Jack— Jack Long, or Long Jack, or whatever Jack yon like- 
give us the grip of your honest hand. Yew air a man arter my own 
heart, yew air ! To hear yew talk has made me quite connubial. I'll 
marry the fust woman that will have me, I'll have a jim-stock consarn; 
n.> more one-hoss trading for me. I'll have a partner, and the firm shall 
be Small & Co. {points to houses R. and L.) for the future ! 

Jack. Hiirk ye, Ben ! if that ever comes ofT I'll drink a horn to the 
success of the firm, and when you get a juvenile partner or two, yours 
will become quite a tliriving concern. 

Ben. I feel quite the father of a family, I Aew ! feel— Oh : yew 
know haeow I feel, don't yew, Jack ? Oh, who would be single f 

Jack. A great many, I believe, if they had their wish. 

Ben. Dissatisfied devils ! 

Jack Yes ; who thought to marry angels and found them women, 
and, ."oured by disappohilment, became ill-ieuipered and rendered her 
miseuable— her that, by kindness «ad atlentioii might have beoooie tha 
angel they s >ugbl for. 



Bbn. They sp'iled yon. Jack, when they made you a hunter. 

Jack. You'll spoil me if I stay loitering my time away wiih you. I 
must away to Noah's and fetch May ; for the hour's ai-proachmg for 
the shooting-match. So look out, Ben, ami when the lime comes for 
the sacrifice, send for liie and I'll give you away. (m«»ic.) 

[Exit Jack, l. 1e. 

Ben. I've made up my mind. I'll marry— and the first— the very 
first woman that says 

Euter Dinah, b. 1 «•, rf«ri»jp above. 

Dinah {iuterniittiiij). Mr. Small ! .,.,.. v.j 

Ben (aside). Oh, fate ! Qewhillikins, I'm booked, and not m a bad 
ledger either. I've al'ays had a sneakin' kindness in this quarter. 

Din. Talking to yourself, Mr. Ben, is not the most polite way to re- 
ceive a lady who comes to visit you. 

Ben. No, my dear! I was not Ulkiog. I was thinking aloud 
Din. Tliinking should never be aUowed .' before a lady. Spose I buy 
thoughts, how much for yours ? .v , . 

Ben. Yew shall have thera at your own price, roy dear ; they re a 
first-rale article, I can assure yew. 
Din. a first-rate ariicle ? 
Ben. Yes. Yourself, my dear. 

Din. (simpering). You fl.ilier ! ,,.„-• 

Ben I don't. I mean what I say, I'm a trader, and I gmerally find 
that words are made over the best of barg'ins. If yew kin look upon 
mi with an eye of love, vew'll make happy a poor fellow-citizen that 
doati on you ! There's my store ! here's my hand, and all I've got u 
vour'n ! , , , 

' Din Oil, it's so sudden, you lake my breath away I 

Ben a broad hiui I I'll seal the barg'in with a kiss ! (iwM Dinah > 
Din. That's always the way witli you men ; not satisfied wiih the 
ton-lie, you always apply to the lips for information. 

Bkn. Tne lip's a silent member, and ginerally votes m man s favor. 
Din. They say. Love's lau^iiage is written in the eye. 
Ben. May I read yours f 
Din. If you can. 

Ben. 0:1, I've a great knowledge in that language. 
Din N> doubt from e.Kperieuc). 

Ben. N ) ! on'y, I one • lived in Eyes-land. I never kiss and tell. 
Din. A'll I've only ymr word lor thai. 
Bun. P.it me to the lest and I'll prove the truth I tell. 
Din. K«polI! I lika mischief best at a distance. 
Ben. I, there's no mischief in me. I am as harmless as a lamb. 
Din. Yes, and as gidJy as a goose. And I'm almost as sensible as 
that dear bird to listen to you, when I should attend to my own busi- 
ness, (erotfes L.) , , t . 
Ben. But, settle my business before yew go : say yew love me ! Let 
<n^ lock the fond hope in my heart j you can keep the key. 

Din. I may lose it. ..... 

Ben. Then, I'm done brown, and I shall droop like a sun-dried daisy. 

Din. Well, I tliink 

Ben. Oh! heaven send you'lUhink kindly. You'll give me your haoo, 
tlien? 

Din. Well,. I think 

Bkn. Oh! - ,™ . , 

DiN. Catch ma, and I'll tell yoo. [JSitf, Lis. 



IXCK LONO. 



Bm. Here's after you, vA Ihe de»n takelhe Itindmoat. {rmtefL. 1 «.) 5 willi e»ery friendly feeling, that I never could for amomenl hold tl|Ouglit 



Scent clues in. 



AUr, I,., Hector. 

Hector. I'se done gone tired ob doiu' nufBn— I'se been a-lookin' at 
de sun till him eyes ache. Masssa gib Hector holiday— go see shootuoi* 
malcli, ke-yah ! but him rader slay to home. I no like to mix in wid 
gioeral sassiety. (ttruU up and domi) Dem dam picayune niggahs am so 
berry wulgar ! and so Don-inielleclual— dey do mind ! no brain t (jinp* 
hit jaw) all wool an' brack mud. 

Enter, n. in y., HiNca. 

HiKCB, Hyar, you nigger I 

Hec. Did you obdress you'self to me, massa 1 {aititudt of haufhti- 
mtt.) 

HmcB. I did, you black thief. 

Hec. Him no tief — him a cibil — him squiet, hones' niggah. 

HiNca. Well then, " honest nigger," tell me who's in the rancbel 

Hec. I'se in de house. 

Hixca. I mean, of the family. 

Hec. I'se in de family. 

HiNCB. I tell you what it is, Master Hector, if yon don't gire me a 
direct answer, I'll lay a strip of buffler hide about your ribs that shall 
beat a decent reply to my question out of your rusty mouth. 

Hec. Him no do dat, ki-yah I 

HiNca. Indeed, and why f 

Hec. 'Case I'se not your niggah, and him no right to beat what don't 
b'long to him, and no man kin bab de (advancei to Hihob) dam inijiu- 
dence aud assurance- to ill-use a niggah on less he has bought and |>aid 
for him. (o-owej b. IIincb rutAet at Hectoh. Mutic.) 

Enter May Gibbs, d. in p. and parlt them* Chord. 

Mat (c). What means this violence beneath my father's roof? 
Here, sir, we rule by gentle means ; we have too much respect for the 
feelings of those placed beneath us, to lacerate either heart or b.ick. 

Hincb. Ah ! M ly, you are too sofi-hearteU ; you'll teach these nig- 
gers insolence to their masters. 

Mat. Kindness will (each them rather to love tbeir masters. Oo, 
Hector. My father needs your service. 

IIec. Iss, him go, missee. (aside) She talk like a book an' like dat 
^ood Book too, dat leaches us all to hab kin' feelin' for one aiioder. 

[Exit, D. in r. 

HiNCR. May, I should like to boast of some sha'e uf the kindneas 
yon bestow on others. 

Mat. You may (Hihch tmiltnglij it about to take her hand) when, like 
Iheni, you deserve it. My friendship is ever extended to those who 
■eek it, whatever their station in life. 

HiNCH. But, May, consider my love for yon. 

Mat. You have already heard my determination. Again I repeat 



'"H,"'cr*rou';rd other thoughts ere Mr. Long had crossed your path 

'lirrNor^n'lXriovl'rthrdow „ever felt e.en in my wildest 
dreams. My love w 



. bymi. I'f lihert? ! this was the affection that clui.g to uiy ht_. . 
Ibe love I nourished! (<:»o««« L.J .,i „..„„,i. 
HiNCO. Ah! you're like you sex. A Nvoman .ind a wea hercock— - 
Mat. Insuller I The woman who truly loves. >s as hxed in her u- 
BUlse as is the sleel that guides the mariner on the b.Mu,..less deep- 
lime, toil or peril can never change her purpose or control / "^■■- 

HiNCU. I but wasw words with you. Lei Mr. Long loo 
time may come when 1 can repay the obligations 1 owe h.m, and with 

'"mTv." Boastir-g before a woman of intended malice to the man she 
loves is neither \raw,, honest nor honorable. Go leach yo»r onsue 
another tale ! From thi-- mon.ent. my ears are closed agamst yoa 
llirenteniug speech. vt.„\ 

Hiscu. May, 1 would— (i»k«<. Iliscn appioaeha Mat.) 

Enter, D. t« P , Jack Loko. 

Jack (<« HiKcn).'» Well, what would you ? 
HiNCK. {mUenly). Why, I would . 



May. No. no ! U Mr. Hindi wUhes to see my father, be will find 

''j\cK''orr»ee""Wcr Ilinch, there is an old proverb that" <«» 
are compan^ and three are none,' which of course you have heard, and 
t«*cilyunde.slaMd its meaning. If you pe..mil me to show you the 
,^,or it thall be «;< le ii. a roost genlleroauly manner, I assure you. 
Tl.is'wny.U you jdeas.-, ihis way. (uKA mock pMeness bowt HiscH ofi,. 
,„ F.) Aviiat, May? the old stoiyl 

May. Oh, think r.o uioie of him. , . tt . u . 

. ACK. Oh, I don'i, m V dear He isn't worlli a thought. He s but a 



, .. sun May, 1 mean this day to ask your father to part with his 
1.. Mil.. J, i.:„ j;„„,„„,i ii.ot 1 mnv KAt it m a nlam 



old ring, {laket May's hatid.) 

Enter, x>. in p.. KoAn Gibbs. 

Gibbs + Halloa ! • halloa ! What, Mr. Long poaching upon my estate, 
robbin-i a faiher of all his rosebud's love 1 

Jack. I'm but following your example, Mr. Gibbs. In your tune, 
t/oii stole a father's losebud. 

" OiBBB. So I did, you dog, so 1 did ! Bless you, May, you are the 
very picture of your poor dead and gone molher, and I shall liud it a 
hard task to part with you. 

Mat. There'll be no need of t!;al, father: the same roof can shelter all. 



>ACC LOXO. 

OiBBS. Eight, girl, right ! and, egad ! we sl.ali be a snug family parly. 
Lei me see, llie day alter to-morrow shall b« the wedding-day j lUeo 
liey, for malrimoay, mirlh and miscliief ! 

Snttr D. in p., HbctoB. 

Hec. Oh, massa ! ail de foltes is ready for de shootin'-match. 

GiBBS. Are they 1 llien I'll be wilh tliem in a iwinkling. Away with 
you, Hecior, and saddle Thunder forme. , , .. 

Heo. Iss, massa, as quick as uium flash ob ligiilniu' roim abutter- 
(iikiii ' l-Exil, D. «« F. 

Jack. We'll walk on to the shooling-ground j you can soon overtake 
lis, when Hecior has got your lior e ready. 

QiBBS. Oh, 1 understand. I am not wanted. Age and youth— oil 
niid ice. . 

May {reproaehfalli/). Father! , k . „„».♦ 

OiBBS. "Fail.er; " Ah, g'rl. your tongue will ere long be tnaght 
nnoiher-word for llitt; husband ! but there, go along wiih you. (t.) 

Mat. You'll not be long, fiillier. 

OiBBS. As if you cared Imw long I should be. Go along with you. 



were made for each other. Heaten bless ibeui ! say I j as honest a lad 
and deserving a girl as any in Ibe Lone Sur Slate ! 

EiUer Hector, d. »« F. 

Hec Oh, massa, massa ! we can'l fine de boss Thunder! 

GiBBS. What? 

Hec Me link um stole, massa. 

GiBBS. Stolen ! Those pesky Ingins have been at their tricks again. 
Away with you. Hector, to the Regulalors, and tell them what has hap- 
pened. Stay 1 I'll go myself. Saddle any horse you can flfld, and that 
you can first lay your liands on. Come, biwtle, bustle 

Hkc. Massa, me think 

Gi BBS («fl^«»^). What, Hecior? ^ ^ , , 

Hec. Massa, me link — Hoss Thunder gone out to de barbecue I 
I'mtuic, lively. Gibes ehatet Hbctor at long as it takt: Then, exeunt both, 

x in F.) 

Scene ehangee to 



JHaeover Himch, Rees, Stoker, White, nnd BEOnLATOBS, Ali. teitk 
ri/ka, n. c. and L. 

HiNCH (to Stosbr). By this lime, the hne-and-cry is np , take some 
of the mpu with you to Jack Long's. You know your errand. Away. 
{iniisif, Jinnle to jig, rattling. Stoker and two or more Regolviobh 
exeunt L. 1 B. Mutie, march, piano.) 

Enter Jack, l. v. b. Snier Bek, r. 2 e. r> Laotes tie Seltlere' wivet, 
etc., enter L. and R. o. E.'s. ifuiie, negro dance. 

Enter Slaves md Slave Girls, laughing rnd atiimniedlg. Introduce 
Dance by Ballet. Have them ready who are to ihout, r. o B. , and L. n. B. 

Be». There you are! Bright eyes and laffiii' faces— that's the suu 
t!iat lights a holiday. 



Jacu. Well, Ben, is all ready ? (Bgii invitee /mn to take a drink. Butt- 
neee at bar throughout.) 
HiscB. Now, lads, to your places. Ladies, to your seats, (mueic. ) 

Mat takce teat R. 2 E. Jack, TIincii and otheri wlio thoot form a group 
L. front. Butinett of puihiiig fhrviird tn'erul to thoot ; they do to, but 
mitt. H^^•CH/-M. D.sccrer round hole in target. Shout. 

All. Ah '. Hooroar ! hooray ! ttc. 

lIiKCn {to Jauk). Here, look I look at that ! Take a good look ! can 
you heat Ihatf 

Jack. Tou don't call that shooting, do you? 

HiKCH. I should like to see you heal il ! 

Jack. Set up that board and I'll pnl a bullet through the very Iiole 
you liave made. (Jlx target ni before. Jack loads, Hinch reloads) It's a 
Irick of mine — it'.s o way I lanit in old Kaiiiluck of always sliooiih-; 
the animal in the eye ! If once I set eye lo pye (glances at HiKcn) my 
shot is certain. I ahoayt h'a him tliar! (fires. Take doteii target. 
Hdkter wilh a knife digs bullett out of tree. S'lj.tl.) 

All. Ah! 

Bees. Clean through Hindi's bullet hole! (Hostbb, during pauie, 
drop* the two btdieti on the bar b.) 

HiKCH. I'll bet the ears of a buffaler calf again' his that he can't do 
il again. 

Jack. If you mean to bet your ears against mine, I'll lake you. (fire; 
Ball it luppoted to go ogam through the hole in target. Hhout. ) 

Enter, L. u. E., Gibbs. 

GibB> {coming down). Begulatcrs, I've been robbed ! (All ntiume 
the air of i/tterett. Jack reloads) My best horse has been taken from my 
stable. I come to you, as you represent the justice of the sel',leiiient, 
for vour assistance in the recovery of my properly. 

HiMCH. A party of mv men are out. I saw Ingin sign last night, and 
I guessed I should hear 'of their handiwork. If my lads have any luck, 
we shall hear of your horse in uo time. 

Stohbr and the Reodlators wIm made their exit previouily, enter L. 1 s. 

HiscH. Well, what success ? 

Stoker (to Hikcu). We've found the squire's hoss. 
HiNCH. Well, that's lucky. Any trace of the thief ? 
Stonbr. Yes. 1 think I kin p'int him out. 
Hinch. What do yon mean f Greaser or red! 
Stoker. We found the horse in Jack Long's enclosure (chord.) 
HiKCH. (tneering). What ! is the honest Jack Long turned hoss-thief ? 
Jack (to c.).* Liar ! Bepeat thai false assertion at your peril ! (All 
cewtc down and form a tetni-circle)f Look but the lie you have just uttered 



Bek, Himcb. Jace. Koah. Mat. 



JACK iXUiG. 






-or from any here lUat dares to bieatbe il! Wl.al ! rob the ^3 1 

against > on and I must '^ "essiou, tlie e?idence m BUong 

GiBBS. Slop, SI,,,,, Mr. Hinch ! .«>i so fast I belies I .n, .k . 
jmea )ianv 111 iliis case. ueneve lam Ibe in- 



Wrtr*., bT» Z ''; """" ' •'*'=''''' """• 8»"«^« <«*« Jack's 
ryie, our Ue» foreei him lo give il ii 



Mat.* All ! (chord.) 
Jack. Coward | 

Hiscu. Thief ! A»T.iy with liiin ! You know your business. Spare 
him? i,/o Mat) No I Ha, ha, ha ! (i«««e. Rboolatobs witA Jack orf 

B. 0. E ) ■" 

Mat. Hinch, what is this deed you seek to do r You cannot mean 
lo stain your hands Willi the blood tf him wlio never injured you 
(music, tremolo) 1 read the malice of your Iiearl in the black and scow !• 
ing eye ; I see your purpose in tlio dark and frowning brow, but pause 
in your wicked judgment. Von know 4ii» innocence, yon know how 
false the accusation ; do not let h;iti-ed or jealousy urge you lo an act ol 
gross 'iiijuslice. 

Hmcu. Oh, you need not fear. His Hfeh safe— but the Mi^mustbe 
punished, (miuic, tremolo on viaHns, to forte, eieicetuio with loud chord.) 

Enter, B. C. E., dragged hi/ Regulators, Jack, hutUing-thirt off, underthtri 
open and ttaitud uilh red for blood on back, face fluthed, hair disorder- 
id. Meld by cord. Mat lercami, goe$ up at ht come* down. 

Mat. Oh! (fotli at Jack's feet ) 

Jack. Poor girl, jioor girl ! dead, dead '. 

Gibes. Hindi ! what villianous act is this ? {tain up Mat and carriti 
her to L., front, where umiieii tee to her) 

Hi.Ncn. He stole your horee. Ho has leceired the punishment 
awarded liy Judge Lynch. 

GiBBS (lo I..C.). Rascal! this is personal malice. There is no justice 
in the act. You know he is as innocent of the deed as I am By 
Heaven, you shall dearly pay for this I my blood boils with indianaliou 
at this cowardly act of degradation I 

Jack. Degra^ion ! Degraded ! All manly feeling seems prostrate 
withia me I «M«r, take your child ! I shall but conUminate her with 
my touch. 1 feel as if I had sunk benenth the level of a beast I have 
been lashed - lashed like a dog, like the snarling cur. What have I 



„ * •Rkoclatobs. • • 
SxoxM. BSM. HiKCB. Mat. Jack. Uem. Wane. Koa 



done thai I shoul.l he doomed to suffer this foul disgrace? who is he 
whose hart'l set this foul dishonor on me * 

Hmca. Look heru '. 1 said that I would repay the obligation that I 
owed. 

Jack. Ah ! (Regclatobs hold him back from Hikch) Devil, devil ! 
Oh, that my hands were free. I would saciifice my life but for five 
minutes' lib,frly, that I might avenge me on that cowardly ruffian and 
bis base compuuioiis ! 

Ben. Never mind. Jack ! a time will come. They outnumber us 
naeow, and for Ihrf present rule the roast, but they won't have it all their 
own way long. I mii.il say, gentlemen, and witlmnl flattery, you're the 
double-darnedest set of onfeelin' scalliwags as ever 1 came near. 

HiHCH. Use beller words or 

Ben. I shan't ! I'm % free and independent citizen of the galoriousesl 
Republic the eagle ever flow across— and I shan't ! 

HiNCB. Then, I'll make you ! (m«»ic. Seizet Bb:i. Struggle. Tliroui 
him R. 2 K., and he tumbltt to the bar, where hegett knife. Ruiheiat Hinch, 
who avoidt him, and eutt Jack's rope.) 

Ben. Who said my cutlery had no cut i Hooroar ! 

Jack teizti Hihch and throuit him, after wrettle, L. c. front, feelt for hit 
hit knife; butinett. 
Hinch. Fire! 

Mat ru'hei to Jack and forces to c, where the covert htm bg embracing him. 
HmcH ritet and rapidly joint Regdlatobs l. c, whohft their guns. 

Mat. Aye, fire I do ! complet*. your deed of blood ! Together we 
will perish ! 

HiNCU. Fire, I say! 

Bbn. (gelt Jack's rijlr). No, no! I can't stand this, (chord) There's 
but one bullet, but il shall be for the fust who pulls trigger ! * 

Jack. My rifle ! my rifle ! (take, it from Beh) Now then for Ten- 
geance I (Ben talkt Mat. Mutie.) 

Ooet up R tide, Rbgulatobs i<p L. tide, All with gum " at the ready," 
Indian fathton, watching each party. At B. D. K., Jack quickly aims 
at Rbes, who fires. Jack taught, and firet. Rees fallt, caught by 
White and Stoner. 

Jack (loading). One ! in him behold the doom of "W.'^QJjJUi Ail/\/^ 

J leu (climbs rock R. v. B.). IWrUa ! (All fire. ■ JAtK u teen goinj/ off, 
up itept, laughing.) 



*Jack. 


Hinch. 
• * * Reodlatobb 

» ♦ 


Beh. 

* 

(JoAB. Mat. 

♦ ♦ 


*Stoneb. 
Bebs.'* (dead). 
♦White. 


Settler 

* 
• 




QOICK CURTAIif. 



JACK losa. 



ACT 11. 



SCENE I.- 



••oovis. Gat dotcn. 



BnUr, L., HiscB, Wbitk end Stoker, nimtd at tt/ort, with ri/Ut. 

Sto. (r. ). The pp<MIer will be gnre to come Ibis way. I beard tbem 
Jiiect bin) lo (nice \\m paili liy ilie swamp. 

HiscH. Should lliis be a lucky bit, ii will afford ns means lo quit tbis 
baled spot. Since that cursed affair of Long's, I liave livod the life of 
a dog tlial's doomed, (itnj ntrvout, glawtt fn quenlly around, etc.) I have 
slaried and shaken at every whisper of the breeze. I have heard Iho 
voice of vengeance in every wild bird's scream. In the lishtninij's flash, 
I have seen the fixed and fatal alance of the never-falling ej-e - that 
eye which guides (lis unerring bullet and tends it crashing through the 
braiD. 

Sto. Yes ; llie fatal shot in the eye. ( Ar.L ttart and thiidder.) 

HiMCB. That fate is mine— as fi.xedly mine, as is the sea-based rock. 
I feel it, and the feeling grows ii|)on nic, till conviclion nestles in my 
heart and drives all doubt from memory. Von remember on that day 
he felt our vengeance, ilie awful denib of Ilees ? You also remember 
the fatal words Long ilien uttered : ■' In Aim," said he, " you mark the 
doom of «// / " " all ten ! " and terribly, it seems, he will keep his word. 
Within the last four luonllis, one after another, Martin, Dev, Richard, 
Qow, and Joe Halifax have been struck down when least exfiected, by 
some unseen hand, and nil shot in the eye ! Who then can be the secret 
slayer, whose rifle it is that carries such sure, such deadly vengeance, 
whose but Jack L.ona ..f Texas ? fr<(M«-» R.) 

Sto. We'd better di. as Wlllinms, Davis and Winter have done; git 
out of the State ns sooti as we kin! 

Whitb. Bah! let u< hide our time, I say. We may chance to catch 
Long napping, an>l i.ur bullets may carry a billet as' well as his— his 
head is not so thick but lead will enter it. 

HiKCH. The red warrior of the bush is not more wary than Long, not 
more certain than he. Nn, I have but one chance of safely ; when my 
path is on the wide waters, when the sea divides us, I may bo safe, but 
not till then. While here, I nm like the light-lurCd Insect, that flutters 
round the flame of its destruction. 

White. Then I'd be off bclVne 1 burnt my wings. 

Hixcn. If all goes well, 1 will. 

White. Well, I think ilri< spec "f the peddler's offers a chance. 

HijicH. You say be cai rii s his luoijey in his nack 1 

Sto. Yes. 

HiscH. And I have heard ii is something considerable. 

WuiTK. Enough to set us floaiing ami well-liallasted for another State. 

HiscB {ttarti, prrparct /lit riAe). Hark! {lookii,.) ffhal's that * 

Sto. I heard nothing. 

HixcH. It sounded like the breaking of a twig or as if a light fool 
bad crushed a withered branch beneath it. 

White (l.). I see nothing. 

HisCH. No ! (thake't head) 'lis my own fears— every sound falls like 
B chill upon my heart. I cannot bear this uncertainty. Id better bold- 
ly face the danger that threatens than this life of withered niise.y. 'Tis 
true. Long's vengeance comes suddenly, but it comes sweeping as the 
midnighi whirlwind ; ii may be expected in the lone log hut, as well as 
on the broad prairie, lii the bright sun as in the darkening iiiisl. Ii has 



bMD felt beneath the sheltering roof, and on the threshold of the home- 
stead, the lighted eye of vengeance came like the faUl flash that rends 
the lofty forest pine, (erottet i.) 

Whitb. Hush ! {!oa/.t l.) 

lliscii (recedes to c). What do you hear 1 

WuiTE. The peddler! 

HiMCH (tmtlei, relieved). Back ! back a few paces, and the wood grows 
darker. Come, come, (music. They exeunt between lit and 2d cutt of B. 
groovei. WiLLT Jomes, heard tinging off L ) 

Oh, Willy Jones is a fair-dealing peddler, 
And he travels from New York lo Texas, 

With the ladies, men say, he's a meddler, 
But the g'fls say, he never can vex us ! 

(entert, t.). This is a wild and lonely spot, but the last location they 
told me my nearest way to Woodbridge was across the swamp, and by 
my troth ! we peddlers must not be loo dainty about our roads, as if we 
were the President himself taking an afternoon ramble. So on, Willy, 
and— (HiscH .Ao«-. /'I. head v.-) Oh! what was thai? (Hinch «..'», n. 
WiiLT sings as before, " Oh, Willy Jones," etc.) 1 don I half like this 
._ __ 1... ...1 1 .1 _.i.iia..'» o viiniia lie.irt :iiid asturdv hand Lwavei 



his stick) and with equal odds, they must be cunning to overcome. 

[Exit B , singiiii/ i" brfoie, voice dying out. Muste. 
HiNCH. Now, lads! (Stokbb and White follow hwi on b) for our 
booty! (o/b. JIuiic. Struggle heard, groan Oh'.) 

Scene changes lo 

cnvKV ^a- SSnifrinr of Trader's itare, in Zrd grooves. Gas down half-turn. 

Diteavtr Bsctob sealed up c, polishing liorst-pistol*. Hectob tingi. 

Oh, Hector was a fine king 
An' born in Tuscaloose — 
, Oh, he was up lo eberyting, 
From a cbickeu to a goose 1 

Dar him tint de flint all right. Whar dat powder-horn ! whar dat 
horn I if dat keep away from me, I shall blow him up ! iss, blow up de 
powder-horn ! Oh ! dar be is ! deui buUeU too f Yes, I'se all right. 
Pistils, bullet, powder— («nj».) 

King Hector him could 'top 

A bullet wid him head — 
Ob wool he had a crop 

Dat would make a fedder-bed I 

Ha, vah! Now, Ma-ssa Qibh', you am sqnite safe— 8qnil« strong. If 
urn' lake to de woods two pistils and one niggali dal'll stick loum like mud 

goo<I Massa make good niggali'! If eber di« chile forgets him kiu'- 

ness; him heiart mus'' be as brack as his face ! 

Enter, L., Bex Small. 

BEit. Well, Hector, is everything ready 1 

H»c. irises). Iss, Alas-a Ben, ebery^Uillg as right as um trivet. 



i 



JAM LOKG. 

•nv !n th^^iir''^^ ^^ ''"■ " ^"^ " spMimint of honest dhitoisu •■ 
hI?. n .: .7°" "» "uth your weight in dollars. 

on (4;,,«'a / ?D" ^r^ ''**'"'^' "^Sg"''' """'»• "'<* ''■'» cowhides 
on (ftriMjj Ai»/oo< rf<„£,„ heavily ) 

nil vl,"*'!f • ?°"''' ^^ " ''•••gain, if yon were double your weight. 

MEC. Xowfiatter him, nias.<<a Ben. (pretendt niodetty ) 

Bbk. No, I don't flatter. I do justice. 

H«o. I ae berry much obliged to you, for you' good s'pinlon, massal 

Enter, b. d., Dihab. 

Drx (c.). They're coming. Ben ! my poor young lady droops like 



that four months would have wrought such a change. 
Bbw. She has nerer held up her head since that affair of poor Jack 

Dm And then his strange di.sappearance since that fatal day 
Bbx. Well, I don't think that strange at all. 
Di.N. Nol 



T ~ — •-. ...... u|> uoi ucau siu>;a Luai anair oi poor Jack 

Dm And then his strange di.sappearance since that fatal day 

Bbx. Well, I don't think that strange at all. 

Di.N. Nol 

Bbx. No ! I'msure poor Jack's honestheart was e'enamost broke lew 
pieces at the disgrace be endured ; he couldn't face the woman be loved 
arlei- the foul dishonor heajied upon him by thai scoundrel Hinch. 

Hkc. Ah ! but it am all ober wid Massa Hinch now 

Bkm. True. Great wronj has done much goo<I. The curse of the 
setilenient has been removeJ. The self-styled Regulators, with their 
livncn law, wiihm these few months hare dwindled down to the three 
gre.ite.sl rascals of the lot ; three were shot on the main road l.y some 

Srr^ii"!! ,l"°|f^'' '"""/g''"" I kindness whose unerring aim it was 
that sealed their fate; others, through fear of a similar doom, fled up 

Srffior'Ih'i^""'" il"'* "" ■'"" «=o™Panyros were by-feiue™? voi^ 
„'!*'» . "*! ''"" '^'"""^ "" '"y ""'=»*'* of society ; and we now 
manage^o regulate onrselres without regulators, {thunder ready.) 

" - -' "o Miss 

where he purposes staying a few months. "' "■ """ '"'"■""*'"'- 

nrW:Mi*!!?'lr\i:^L<"^^:'.,:^l:..^«'^-P?' - -'fl^h " to de- 

nth 



the same time I I shall be 



Dim. Hush I here come Mr. Gibbs and .Miss May. (,«,««•.) 
Noah and Mat enter l. u. e , and on by d. iu r. 

you'irsel^apTy datTet. ""■• ^'"'' "* '"''' *'"" -^'>'- ^""^ ' ^' 

?h« a rP'^.h' *"" T l^'"^ '" "'"■"='' ' «"> ''°P« '° "leel happiness 
-the graTo-the quiet harbor for the «d and Buffering. I har^ lived 
ong enough to «« virtue sink beneath the trammels of vice ^^ ^tl 



n ""^'"' "^'^ "■ » «■■ i"» honest and manly heart, 
ovfruke^he' offende"'" "'"• """' '"''«■"*'" '"-^^ >-" I'"'" '«> 
-^!fi. ?:'i'.if?-*!*'^^ Vengeance will come on them,.udden and un- 



it ii fearful interest tlie debt lie owes 
Mat. VeogeMceU jkhw i«yo,eoi for broken Uopesand sba^ltered feel- 



iogi , It can ne'er give the calm repose that outrage has banished from 
the heart, nor can it erase from nienioiy the iPcoUectioii of deep, of 
deadly iniuiy. If we cannot forget, we slioulil endeavor to forsive, and 
leave iiuiiishmeiit to thai power who, in his own good time, will deal out 
certain jurlgmeiit to the doers of an evil deed ! {cro$ie» R.'> 

Gibbs. OIi ! May, yours is a forgiving temper. But what punishment 
ran be too great lor rascals »lio drove au honest and innocent man from 
heailli mid home, who fixed the hand of disgrace upon one, whose only 
f.iult wns that he was better loved and better liked than their own vil- 
iai'xrus lot ? 

Bes. Ah! never fear, miss, but they'll get their deseiU at last. I 
wonder how they've escaped so long ; but the devil's cliildien have the 
devil's luck, they say. But they are sure to be left to their loving father 
ai last! (thunder aoflly.) 

Uec. But ony for a short time till he meet um ag'in, in him fambily 
liiaiisium (poiiiltng) down dar ! {thunder louder. JuinpM.) 

Bex. Hullo! Look out for squalls— no travelling to-night. A storm I 
brewing, (lightnmg ready L. U. E.) 

Mat. A storm ! why, the evening was calm and fine when we set 
forth, (thunder, louder. Gat down leholy B. and 1. v. E.) 

Ben. The storms of this climate give very Utile warning— they are 
here and gone in the imapping of a trigger. But while they deto last, 
there's danger ill every wind that blows. Hector! step out and close 
the shutters of the window. (Hector goes up, opem o. iii F. Lightning 
L. U. E. Thunder, viry loud. Hector clo'ri door. Thunder. Sain.) 

Hec. (comes doum c). Oh ! massa, l.ini blow liiiii eye out i 

Ben. What ails you, Hectorl Fiighleued id a flash of lightning. 
(tooihee htm a. c.) 

Mat. I'm not sui-prised at Hector's fright. I'm sure I shiver and 
shake in every limb. 

Bex. Mr. Gibbs, lead the females lo the back of the house. This 
pan of the sloie is exjiosed lew the fury of the storm. You'll find it 
safer there. 

Rain, Thunder and Lightning, with mutie kept up. Between two forte pat- 
$agei of latter, Stoker's cry of " Help ! " »• heard h- V- E. 

What's that ? 

Mat. a cry for help ! 

Sto. {at back). Help! help! 

May. a cry as of one in mortal agony, {.lightning, thunder, rain.) 

Sto. (»i7(nf)- Help I oli, help ! 

Mat. Again! some fellow -cieoture is l>eri^htng amidst the war of 
elements, some one needs as.''i>laiice in his hour of peril. 

Ben. Indeed! Then siep inlo the next room with your father, while 
1 and Hector go oul ai.d see which way the wind blows, {t/oet up. 
Liglilnmg, thunder, rain. Crath.) 

Gibbs. Back, back ! {dnge Bek down c.) The old elm, whose branches 
cover the roof, has been struck by lightning, (poinit to window) See '. it 
loiters— It falls ! {mutie, I. half of fiat and tit roof fall front to let down 
large trunk of tret. Sto»«b rum up on the fallen fiai. Help ! help ! ) 

Enter, L. o. E., Jack Long with rifle, up the fallen flat. Stoker teramblet 
over trie end to R. front, where he fallt on kneei, with extended kandt. 
May, Gibbs, BemJ Hector fo-m group l. side. 

Jack. Coward ! thy doom is fixed, thy time is come 1 {firet ri/lt. 



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iU JACK roira. 

Stokfr ritu and fattt dead) Wagli ! Iia, lia I Five I flw ! (mm to t. 
B. E.) Five, five! fSn(, L. r. b. 



\^Wiili,«tvifi (gufllike llie wild (leer, he makes towards 

I il.jltiid in a^feniyil Jip will be auaiii losl tome! 

Stay, sujk! I <^'* M*l*'^\""/y»fl'«l'rt'»k™jl^ >"" ! (J"*/*'* w^^tf/i 

GiBDS. M»- child* my chil d . 
Uek. HeiA mis«, m\m\-' HVf, Vtlll IH Ui^HkliA is the iimtler? 
Hec. {earr^uia ^TovEVi up a litUe). Oil, massa, massa ! 'tis Jack Long, 
for see t de dfM man hab been shot froo de eye ! {c/ierd.) 

QnBB looking ir/ter Mkr. Ben c. Hector half tupportiny Stosbe, dtad. 
Mat jomg off v. 

SflBUTT TTr ij;^«iH>wB ^at doieu. Mutic, ttaeeato, hurried. 

Jittler, quickly L., Jack Loko. 

Jack. Five, five I Iialf my task is accomplished. They that would 
foil me, muiit boiiow the cunning of i he fox. Ha, ha, ha!. My eye 
was on him, and lie shrank beneath its glare ; my voice like the warning 



t i.tfeied to escape — three whoseeyes beamed with something; like lemort'O 
a.'< the lash cut deep into my quivering flesh — two more, two more and my 
vengeance will be satisfied, (loadtrijk) Hnrk, liark ! a bell! ii is my mar- 
liage peal ! True, I had fo'got ! 'tis my wedding-mcrn ! my bride wails. 
1 come, I come, (crottet b.; These (/ooA» at drtit) axe gay garmenl.s 
fur a bappy bridegroom ! [ttarU) What dark shadow is that? (it«(.<« 
to c.) it crosses the bright sun-ray, and shuts from my sight the loved 
one of my heart! 01), 'tis llie serpent's poisonous folds that coil aroui.<l 
my back — whose sling enters ray very flesh— those lasbes, those lashes! 
they cut to my heart I Devils, devils ! you never can be men ! otf, oH ! 
{mutic. Riiihei off a.) 

Muiit ehangtt from ttaeeato tremolo to long plaintive chordt, piam. £nter, l , 
Mat, dreu torn, face paie, exhainted air. 

Mat. My body's weakness keeps not pace with my spirits, while (lie 
sjieed with which I have followed him for u horo 1 live, has prostrated 
my strength, and I could lay nie down and die upon this very spot. 
Ninht, too, is closing round me and I am alone ! {kneelt. Mutic) Oh, 
Heaven, desert me not in this my ln.ur of peril AVhal do I see? The 
track of fool.'iteps ! Yes, lis so! (ii.utic, firle, tian piano at Iff ore till 
Mat's exit) Thanks, thanks ! I am not de"serted. They must lead me 
to some habitation, (rutt) This way they lead. Another ! 1 am on the 
track. [Sxit, B. 

JEnter HiKCU and WuiTS, l. 

Whitb.. Where the devil is Stoner 1 

HiMCH (r-). He ought to have been here by this time. 

White. He's dropped into sonieihing snug, you may depend. 

HiNCU. Or, he bas left us like the rest. 

WuiTB. He couldn't do that conveniently : he is as much in the mud 



„ -e are in the mire. He ha» taken too many liberUes with the pro- 
«.rtv of the settlement ever to show his face there. If he did, a long 
rope and a short prayer would be bis doom, for m haven't been very 
pertickler 1 

HmcH. No! 

WaiTB No, we haven't stuck even at murder. 

HiKCH Well, that fool deserved his fate ; he valued bis property 
more than his life, so in striving to save one, he lost the other. 

Whitb. Yes ; the peddler stuck to his pack. 

HiKCH. Which wasn't worth the rifling when we had it. It s strange 
that Stoner should be away so long. ^ w j / .., ..i-^ 

Whitb He left me to go to a log-house on the border of the setUe- 
ment to buy some rum with the peddler's money. 

HiscH (croMM B.). Come on then. The body must be concealed. 
(iiuuic. HiHca and Waiia exeunt b.) 

Scene ehanget to 

.—Log Sut interior and wood in 3rd groovet. Gat down half- 
turn. Music, piano. 

tHteover Jack Loato, teated by fire in hut, HJU in hand. 

Jack. I lack music to-night; the howl of the wolf i« hashed, the 



for7,~mechakreaily. ' Ikaet over fire. Mutic, change.) 

Enter Mat, l. 1 b. 

Mat Thank Heaven, I have reached a human habitation ; that iome 
one dwells within, I am certain, for the red fire flashes through the 
crevice in the door. I will seek shelter. But hold— in seeking for a 
friend may I not find and encounter a foe i Oh, I dare not pause; 
there 'can be none so void of humanity that would refuse rest and 
shelter to a lost and lonely traveller, {crottet around to t>. in hut flat. 
Snockt there. Chord.) 

Jack itarts up and pretentt rifle. Mat opent door. Picture. \ 

Jack. No, no, not you ! you are not one of the doomed. 

Mat. Oh, Heaven be praised ! I have found him. What can this 
mean 'i {coming down, Jack ataret at her) The fixed eve, the vacant gaze, 
the silent tongue! In mercy spealc to nie ! {pause) What horrid thought 
is forming in this whirling brain. Da I look upon the wreck of him t 
love ; has the deep wrong he has suffl-ierl driven nil the noble qiialitiea 
of mind from their resting-place t O'l. aaony I it is so : the intellect 
is gone, and I behold naught hut ihe wandering maniac, (l. c.) _ 

Jack. No, no, not you I you are like the fair beins that visits me in my 



{pauie) No! {at before, counting) One, two, three, four, five . 



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JACK LO»e. 



Mat. My bewt will sarrly break ; my lip* are parched, and I am 
choking. Waler, water, water! (muiie. Mat faltt at Jack's feet. 
Jack looks down at her, then gttt waUr-gourd. Mat dnnki, revivts, kneel* 
at hit feel, buiiU into tears) Oh, do you not know me ! me, Uoy ! your 
bride ! your love I I would speak to you of Ibe summer days that we've 
passed together, speak of the manly tow you breathed beneath the 
spreading branches of the forest oak, when first you told to a willing 
ear your tale of love! speak of the green home wiiere dwells the gray- 
haired father, who mourns your lengthened absence ; of the mother 
whose eye is dim from watching for the son that was the staff and com- 
fort of her age; and, oh! let the remembrance of tliese hallowed 
■cenes call back yoar thoughts to home, to happiness and love, (muoc.) 

Jack looks tteadUi/ at her ; a sudden gleam of reato» retttms to him, his 
hand OH his forehead ; is atout to speak, when he repulses her and, in 
usual torn, speaks. 

Jack. One, two, three, four, five ! (Mat falls in a faint. Jack lifts 
her and places Iter K. 4y _/S/«, htr head on hu knee.) 

Enter, t.. 1 B., Hinch and Wbitb. 

HmcH. This way, Tlie body's safe enough now, and will tell do tales. 
No news of Stoner ypt. An icy fear creeps over me and seems to tell 
me, he has met the doom of all. Hush I 

Whitb. Hullo ! what now ? - 

HiscH {at tcmdow in the central set vail). No, no I it cannot be. 

WaiTE. Cannot be? what cannot be f 

HtBCB. That he — the cause of all our suffering — Jack Long— ^ 

White. What mean you 1 

HmcH. Is there — there 1 

Wbitb. There 1 Jack Long l Ton don't say so f 

HiMCH. And with him May Gibbs ? 

White (looks). Now is our lime for vengeance, (ri'/fe up.) 

HiscH (gently). His rifle hangs upon his ami. Ynu know how certain 
is his aim, and I fear I cannot reach him without injuring the girl. He 
■hall die ! I have suffered enough for him, ami now — (raises rijie) but 
hold! I should like first to get the girl within my power, and then, 
proud beauty, the broad prairie of the red lands sliiill be the bridal 
borne of Hinch and his bonny bride. Let me see, how is it to be done » 

White. I'll do it ! I can softly climb the tree that hangs acr<)s.s ihe 
roof, and when there, Uke a sure aim at him without injuriLg llie gal. 
So, away, and the report of my rifle will be your signal to rush in and 
secure the girl. Will that plan do ? 

Hinch. Excellent ! Ha, ha, ba ! Now, Jack, 'tis once more my turn 
to triamph ! but gently, gently, (mtuie.) 

Goes along set hut wall and up on rocks, R. C. B.,ki a» to he seen over the hut 
roof. White exits l. 1 B., to re-enter, j,. v. s.,on tree. Jack resiuci- 
tates Mat, half sandy. 

Mat (revived). Heaven direct me in the course 1 must pursue. I 
will not leave him here— no, no ! I will, if possible, prevail upon him 
to accompany me to the settlement and then— (mwic. White on tree 
lakes aim. Sees Whitk) Oh I 



Jack raises his rifle and fires through windaw. Whitb fails on branch, which 
breaks and falls forward. White slides, dead, front, upon it. Moon- 
light on him. 

Jack. Six t but one, but one 1 

B. in 2 a. set opens roughly. Enter HiVCH there. 

Hihch. Ah! (HiECH sees Jack standing and reloading , reeegnizei him, 
turne, drops his rifle, rushes out. Mat throws herself between and wrestles 
«x'(A Jack.) 

Jack. The last, the last ! EeTenge, revenge 1 (Hibcb goes up rocks b. 
D. E. wildly.) 

Mat. Jack, Jack 1 for the love of Heaven, no more bloodshed. Pily I 
mercy I 

*HiircR. •JJjjiiE. (flead.) 

SeVmV^Ji^Wood. G<u tame as last. TTliii iii OTi ffijl. r' 

HiHCH {staggers on ii.). He has lost me. I escaped him by crouching 
in the underbrush.. I marked as he rushed by me the wild glare of bis 
eyes; 'twill rest in my memory till mine are closed in death. Could I 
gain the river's bank, I know a boat will quickly pass that might bear 
me from this hated settlement. Terror has so shaken me that my limbs 
are scarce fit for their office. Death can never equal suffering hke this. 
Why am I such a coward that I cannot meet it boldly? Can I ask that 
question, and look at the blood upon my hands. Ah ! (starts) 'Tis he I 
(looks b.) lie is on my trail — he tracks me like the scenting hound. Oh! 
for safe concealment once again I I ask no mure. I hear the sound ol 
his foot. Courage '. courage, I — I — Oh, heaven ! my strength fails me. 
(j/oes tL. slowly) Yet I must try— there — there! he is here ! Oh, Heaven I 
mercy — courage ! mercy, mercy ! (music.) 

falls, crawls behind set bush a* Jack enters ». 

Jack. But one — but one remains, and he was in my grasp, when the 
fiend he serves, stepped in and snatched him from me. No, no t 'twas 
no fiend— 'twas an angel so bright, so beautiful, that asked for pity — 
mercy! Ha, ha! no jiity, no mercy but such as he showed to me ! I 
shall have him ret! I will pursue him to the death, aye, and find him 
too, thoush he sought .shelter in the heart of Ihe gnarled oak. (primes 
rifle. Exit Hikch, l.) Ha I ha ! (tools down) this way my flying bird 
has winged his flight. This way — this wa\ — four, five, six ! now for the 
seventh, the seventh, (mutic.) ' ' [Exit, L. 

Enter, R., Mat. 

Mat. With what speed tbe terror-stricken wretch flies from bis just 
avenger. Long gains upon him, he levels his rifle — brief are the mo- 
ments between him and dread eternity. Ah ! (shudders) I cannot look 
upon the act that dooms him to the death he nierils. (covers face with 
/lands. Pause) No sound ! The death-dealing rifle does not do its work 
in silence, (looks of^ t.) By Heaven, Hinch has gained the roomitaiu 
•overt. Long, Long ! 'tis May that calls ! I dare not stay in this wild 



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JACK LONG. 



spot alone— oh, no I belter seet protection In the woods and wild*— 
Long, Long I {rum ofz.) 

Enter, B., OiBBS, Bbr and Hector. 

Beh. Yew must her stepped aeout to her orertakin me, I reckon. 
I'm no snaii — I don't crawl. 

Hec. No! him run like a race-hoss ! him fly like de swallow — dongh 
him don't look berry much like one— him too fat about de head. 

OiBBS. Ha»e you seen aught of my daughter T tell me — relieve my 
anxiety. Let me hear from you a hope that she is safe, for life without 
her would be a blank, sunless and dark as blackest night. She is all 
that remains to me of the lored one of my early days. The green 
grave covers the mother— Heaven in its mercy preserve the child to its 
lonely father. 

BsH. Come, come, Judge, don't droop ! she's all right, depend upon 

Hec. Me hope so ! from de tip-top bottom ob my heart! Oh, oh ! 
periling.) 

Ben. Dou't blubber, you black brute. It will be all right, Noah ! 
she's too good and too fa.r a gal for Providence lo desert her in the hour 
of peril ; it must be a black heart to raise a hand to injure one who 
never did harm to living soul. 

QiBBS. Heaven send safety to the forest wanderer I guide me on her 
path, lead the almost broken-hearted father to his loved and helpless 
child. 

Hec. Oh, Mass' Noah ! dis too much for my lendra feelin's, my eyes 
run ober like um water spont ! 

BB^f. I'll make yew run if yew don't hold your tongue. Hullo I 
(lookt down) what's this 1 a footmark? 

Hec. {bring I hit foot down). A footmark 1 Yah! 

Beh. Take your black hoof oB it — it was never made to fit a fool 
like yours. 

OiBBS. 'Tis small! it is— it must be my daughter's — 'tis May's! 
This way ! {goet l.) Oh, Heaven direct me. {calit) May, May ! 

[Bxit, i. 

Bbs- Stop, Noah, stop I He's off! don't stand there with your mouth 
open as wide as the front door of Funnel (Faneuil) Hall ! Come, step 
out your best 

Hec Dat him will— while he hab a leg lo stand on. 

Beh. Come, come, don't stand Ulking there till you git a toothache. 
(hiuOet iliCTOR off L. and exit.) 

/SomuiSCm'J'' 

flOCITB VU surf Intt—Sivtr and Landtenpe in bth groove: Gat it half turn 
down, but it gradually let on, for tunrise effect during the Scene. 

JHteover Hinch on rock L., looking R., hand guarding hit eyei. 

HiKCH. No signs of the vessel yet ! By this time It should be near. 
I will hail her when she nears here — they will send their boat, and once 
on boanl, I'll laugh at all that Long can do. Is it 7 Yes, yes ! 'tis she 
now at tlie bend ! {ealU) Hilliahoy ! hilloa! They hear me not I Ah! 
my neckerchief ! {wavet handkerchief . Whittle of tteamboat R. v. B. Steam- 
boat worked on R u. R.) They see it! the boat is lowered! Ha, ha, ha I 
I an safe ! (comit from rock to o. going b.) 



Enter, R. 3 E., Jack. Picture. Chord. 

Jack (rijle up). Seven ! 

Hinch (fallt on kneet). Mercy, mercy I 

Jack. Mercy 1 ha, ha, ba I seek it from the hungry lion, or the prowl- 



HiMCH. Mercy, mercy I 

Jack. Mercy I what ! would you ask me lo give up that which I have 
matched for and prayed for— the very life of ray life's blood 1 the 
thought that has nourished me ! the only draught of joy iu my wrecked 
and blighted life ! Ha, ha, ha I fool, fool ! 

HiNCH. Take your eye from me ! I cannot bear its glance. 

Way (of VI.. 2 b.). Long, Long! 

HiNCH. Oh, some one comes ! I may be saved. Help, help ! ("'»".) 

Jack. In vain you call for help I breathe your last prayer, and in an 
Instant all will be darkness with Hindi the Regulator. 

Mav (r«ii» on R. 2 E.). Mercy, mercy ! spare him, spare him I 

Jack (firrt at Mat a/mont touches hit arm. Hi.nch fallt dying. Mutie 
for HmcH's death anrf Jack's jotj). Seven! ha, ha, ha ! my vengeance is 
complete I {tteamboat workt aeroit and off L. n. E. Fallt exhawltJ, laughing 
eonvultively.) 

Mat. Oil, horror ! what a scene is this ! {handt elatped. Mutic, lively.) 

be°x* \ ("/"•)■ "^^^^ *'>■ ""' ""y ' 



Enter, B., quickly, Gibbs, Be», Hector, and Settlebi. 

GiBBS. Mv child ! 
Mat. My father ! 

Enter, Settlers' Wives, and Ai.h form picture, B. and h. 

Be». And Jack Long too 1 You've given us a rip-snorting chase. 
Miss May. What do I see? That rascal Hinch ! The shot in the eye ! 
Jimaneddv. Jack ! you've robbed the gallows of its due. {poinit to 

HiNCH.)*' 

Mat. What do you mean? 

Gibbs. It ineai;», my chili, that we have certain evidence to prove 
the self-styled Regulators were a notorious band of lawless law-breakers, 
pau-sing not even ai iimnler. But now the body of a poor peddler was 
fiiiinil, murdei'pil in tie I iisli. iiiiil by it a rifle bearirg the name and maik 
of Sioiier. The Leei>l!iiiuo will no doubt thank and reward iioor Long 
when they hear of liis ridding Te.\.is of such pests. 

May (laiies Jack). My poor. )ioor Long, you have indeed suffjred. 

Jack (r«if«). All, wlint voic- it that? wl.eie am 11 have I been 
dreiiniing? (»f« Hinch) Dead, dead! alas, my brain — oh, in mercy, tell 
ine — some die.i(":ful recolleclioiis seem lingering in my wandering 
llioiiglils. {looks around at All) Friends' faces are aound me, that 
bring back thoughts that for months have wandered. Misery made me 
mad ; for months past, all memory has left me. 

Gibbs. Come with us. Time and kindness will soon heal the wound 
that misery has inflicted. 

May. Long, drar Lon.<», do you not know me 1 

Jack. Ah! that voice! those gentle lone.s — they bring me hack lo the 
time when she, my bride, was clasped to my heari in innocence and joy 



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JACK I.OXG. 



JiCK LOXO. 



—and DOW— (iNTsd into «*.) Ah ! 'tis she ! 'lis *he ! (iVi a trtouport) May, 
Mayl 

May. He knows me — memory raturns ! 

Jack. Alas ! I cannot clasp ibee now ! my hands are red with crime ! 
I cannot now claim lliee as 

Mat. Thy wife ! my love ! my husband ! 

Jack (^embraees May). My own, my treasured one! But oh ! father, 
I fear I have done a deed ^ 

QiBBB. Ye.s ; when all guide and guard had left you! and when mad- 
nes.s raged. But He who has !.enl affliction, will look with mercy on ilie 
deed done in your senses' darkness. Tha reward of our Stale also 
awaits you. 

Jack. The night of darkness has passed, and tho daybreaks! With 
dense comes sorrow I I am a blood-bespattered man ! and I look but 
liopeless ! 

May. The deed will justify the means, and Heaven and man 

Jack. I hope, will ]>ai'doi> Jack Lon<! of Texas I {knteh with May. 
Uiiiic.) 

All form picture. 



Settlers.'* 

HiKCH.* GlBBS."* 



*Settlebb. 

* 

* Hixcn. (dead) * 

May.* ■* Jack. ■* Dikah. 

SLOW CURTAIN. 



srNopsm OF incidents for programmes, small 

BILLS, Etc., Etc. 

Act I. — Frontier Settlement in Texas, 

With distant View of the EoUing Prairie, hy Sunrise— The " Hoss-Thieves " and 

Bcgtilators— The Never-miss Bhnt-The Yanltee Trader riled— Border 

Matchmaking— The Threate of Malice. The Stolen Steed. 

THE BARBECUE AND SHOOTING-GROUNDS. 

• The FoUow-my-leader Bullets— The Judgment of Squire Lynch— The Flagellation 

—The Vow ot Vengeance- The Free Fight—" In One see 

the Doom of All "—Tableau. 

Act II.— Cypress Swamp in the Cross Timbers. 

The Pirates of the Prairie on the Lookout—The Peddler and his Fate— The Drcr..i 

Pursuer— Ben Small's Store-The " Norther"-The Terrors of the 

Tornado- The Fugitive Criminal— The Shot in the Eye ! 

THE CHAPPARAL. 

The Maniac Hunter— The Regulator's Remorse. 

THE SCOUTS REFUGE IN THE THICKET. 

The Tree over the Canon— The Last but One-The Villain's Flight and the Appea; 

for Mercy. 

INDIAN TRAIL THROUGH THE BLACKGROWTH. 

The Chase Continued -The Narrow Escape. 

PAINTED ROCK 

On the Fork of the Eio Brave— The Anxious Wait— Tha Last Hope Wrecked- The 

Shot in the Kye-The Cure by Love— The Happy Sequel- Tableau. 



SYNOPSIS. 

Tub action ot the play commences In the street ot a Texan frontier village, 
where HiNCH, Stok™ and Kaas meet. Their talk shows them to be " Begulators." 
HiNCH had just been laying a snare to have Jack Long suspected as a horse-thief 
before the other two join him. White and another Regulator come on and ac- 
cuse HiNCH vrith having stolen a horse on his own hook and trj-ing to fleece the 
rest oat of their share. HmcH, Hading that he is trapped, owns up; while Whitb, 
whose tongue is lubricated with whiskey, tells him he had best beware of Jack 
LoNO, the boldest man and best shot in all Texas. The Regulators know that 
HracH hates Lono, because he has won the love of May Gibbs, the lovely child of 
the thrifty Noah Gibbs. The interview of the Regulators is broken in upon by 
an original cute genius of a Yankee peddler, Ben Small by name. While Ben is 
chaflln" the Regulators, a shot is heard, and soon thereafter Jack Lono enters, 
the model of a frontiersman in person, accoutrements and dress. Jack is asked to 
join the Regulators, but tells them plainly that hedon't " train In that company," 
and gives forcible reasons for his dislike to their tactics. Soon the rest of tho 
party retire, leaving Ben and Jack together, who have a friendly chat, which is 
ended by Jack going to get Mat to go with him to a grand shooting match. Sen 
is only a second alone ere Dinah enters, and a merry dialogue ensues ere the scene 
ends. In the next scene Hinch enters a room in the house of farmer Gibbs, where 
he finds Hector, an amusing negro servant. The former treats the dusky waiter so 
Insolently, that a fight is in progress, only stopped by the entrance of Mat. As 
soon as Hector leaves, Hinch vigorously presses his suit with May in vain. He 
threatens the life of Jack, when the latter suddenly enters, and Hinch makes him- 
self scarce. Very soon Mat's father enters, and Jack obtains his consent to the 
marriage. The interview is broken in upon by Hector coming to yell out that the 
horse Thunderbolt had been stolen. The next scene shows a large party of settlers, 
women and children, the Regulators, and Mat and Jack. A shooting match is 
proceeding, in course of which Jack Long puts his bullets right through the hole 
made by Hinch's every time. Grsss runs in to seek the aid of the Regulators to 
recover Thunderbolt ; but while he is Ulking, some of the Regulators enter, 
reporting that they had found the horse in Jack Long's enclosure. Here a violent 
scufDe ensues, Jack is torn from his friends by HmcH and his allies, dragged out, 
and returns excited and bleeding. Hinch taunts Jack, but as the lattcr^s arms are 
bound, he cannot harm the devilish Regulator. Ben cuts Jack's cords, and one of 
the Regulators, Rees, fires at and misses Jack, who returns the fire, sending a ball 
into the aggressor's brain. " Shot in the eye !" they all exclaim, as Jack rushes off 
unhurt, amid a volley. 

The next Act opens with a dismal night scene in a swamp. Hinch, White and 
Stoner, armed with rifles, are there. Their conversation informs ns that they are 
waylaying Ben, the Yankee peddler. They purpose, by means of killing and 
plundering him, to put the seas between them and the blazing wrath of Jack Long, 
who has already sent six Regulators to " dusty death " by his nnerring " shot in the 
eye I" The peddler enters, singing, and passes on. followed stcathily by the three 



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JACK LONO. 

Rngul»loti; t atrnggle !• hekrd, and a deep groan. In the following scene we aee 
the interior of the peddler's atore. Hector is singing as Bkm comes In, and then they 
are joined by Dinah, who tells them that the almost broken-hearted Hay is abont 
going with her father to a dieUnt settlement. As they speak, Mat and her father 
enter. As a violent storm comes np, the peddler places Hat and Hr. Qibbs in the 
back part of the store. A tree struck by lightning crashes down, a shot is heard, a 
wild cry, Lomq is seen for a moment ; Stonss crawls in to fall dead, " Shot 
fai the eye !" LoKo makes for the forest, followed by Hat. Now we find 
Jack Long, seated in a log hut, brooding over his wrongs, until he falls asleep. 
Mat enters. Jack does not see her, but goes on mechanically counting the number 
of his enemies he " has wiped out." Hinch and Whitk look in at a window of the 
hut, and plan to shoot Jack without harming Mat. No sooner, however, do they 
leave the window than Jack goes to it, aims, fires, and kills Whiti. Then, as the 
piece continues, Jack encounters Hinch, the last and worst of the Regulators, and 
he too falls from the deadly " Shot in the eye I" Hat and Jack are married, and 
the latter is publicly proven to be entirely clear of the crime of which he wu 
falsely accused by the self-styled Ragulators. 



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